Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-01-26
Mistellameuns &eadiug.
I'M AkERS.


kneed man, with irregular teeth, which
made his mouth look like steel trap twist
ed out of plumb. His wife was a large,
raw-boned woman, fully head taller and
fifty pounds heavier than Jim. She had
the temper of a half-famished wildcat, and
no darkey just "gittin' religion" was ever
half as much afraid of the devil as Jim was
of her; he had reason to be. When she
was fairly on the warpath she breathed
chain lightning and flung cyclones from the
tip of her tongue. Nor did she content her
self with words only, however bitter and
furious. She very often brushed the poor
little fellow with a hickory until he felt as
if he had borrowed his back Of a saint fresh
from the gridirOn.
One bright, golden, delicious afternoon
in the latter part of May, Jim left the patch
where he had been hard at work all day,
and 'snuck een' to his cabin by the back
way He proceeded hastily to doff his ev-
cry day clothing and don his Sunday gar
ments, casting furtive glances all the while
at the black browed, terrible dame sitting
in the front doorway knitting. With tremb'
ling haste he completed his preparations,
previously apparently oblivious of his pres
ence, shota fierce glance at him which made
him Jump almost out of his shoes and
brought the perspiration out from every
pore.
"Whar you boun' fur? ?" she asked.
IT Flowed wuz gWine down to the fish
fry fur hour or two. Them boys is a
hevin'-"
"Well. you Flowed wrong. Youjest histe
off them close, and 20 back inter that patch
and finish hoein' them pertaters. Don't
YOU distress yerself bout no fish-fries."
"But done tole the boys wuz gwine to
be thar"
swell, you tole 'em lie."
"But Ed Sykes and Hank Evans is wait
in fur me now at the crossroads, and I'd
ruther not disappint 'em."
swell, I'd ruther you would. Shet up,
now, and do az you're told.'
Jim gasped and quaked with fear; but,
for the first time in many years, he thor
oughly realized the tyranny under WHICH
he was crushed. His heart was set on the
fsh-fry, and in that feeble, fluttering little
organ, a faint shadow, a dim eidOl0n of spir-
it became suddenly aroused. He hesitated
| a moment, ventured even to return the gaze
of those glowing, wrathful eyes, and then
started, saying:
"Well, Pm a-gWine."
| Great Jehosaphat! Houp-la
She sw0oped on him like an owl on a
mouse. The air was filled and darkened
shrieks.
Ed Sykes and Hank Evans at the ''cross-
roads," became convinced that Jim's cabin
was on fire and that he was perishing in the
flames. They rushed in all haste to his as
sistance; but as they neared the spot the
clatter subsidized, and they heard stern,
| feminine voice, which caused them to halt
and keep out of sight, say,
Nov, I reckon you'll do ez yer tole."
Then they recognized Jim's piping voice,
protesting betWiXt convulsive sobs: :.
"I'd sorter gin out gwine befo' yer spoke" "
Southern Birouac.
THE MANAGEMENT OF LAMPs.-Some
ing lamps, and so it accordS with the eX-
perience of another that we present them
herewith TO insure good light, the burn
ers of petroleum lamps should be kept
bright. If they are allowed to become dull
the light is uncertain, and, owing to the
absorption of heat by the darkened metal, ,
smoke is the result. Once month place
the burners in pan, covering them with
cold water, to each quart of which table
spoonful of washing soda should be added,
and also little soap. Boil slowly for one
or two hours, and at the end of this time
pour off the blackened water. Then pour
cover the burners, adding soap and soda
in the same proportions as before. After
boiling again few minutes, pour off the
water, rinse the burners with clear hot
water, and rub dry with soft cloth. The
burners must be perfectly dry before the
wicks are introduced. Should the Wicks
become cogged with the particles of dust
floating in the oil, and new ones not be
desired, they may be boiled in vinegar
and water, dried thoroughly, and put back
in the burners. If Wicks have done duty all
winter, they should be replaced by new
ones in the Spring. Nickle burners may be
boiled as we'll as brass ones. Time spent IN
the care of lamps is never wasted. A per-
fecty clean lamp, that gives a brilliant
light, is a great comfort What more cheer
less or depressing than an ill-kept lamp,
which gives forth an unsteady, lurid, sight
destroying flame? The paper roses, guel-
der roses and chrysanthemums, so popular
for decorative purposes, are admirable Tor
placing in the lamp chimneys to keep out
the dust during the day, and the wicks
should be turned a little below the rim OF
the burner, to prevent exudation OF the OIL.
THE QUAKER "THoU."-When the nov
elists of the last century had occasion to in
troduce a Quaker into their fictions they
took care to mark him well by overlaying
his speech with "thee and thou" and, in
deed at one time this phrase was COM
mon slang term for the Friends. The use
of these pronouns is partially a survival of
the time when the lower orders employed
them habitually and is curious instance OF
the correctness of phrase surviving among
the very persons who, next to pedants and
scientists, are currently credited with being
the corrupters of the language, while the
educated had fallen into grammatical in
correctness. The quaker writers affirm,
however, that the use of 'you'' instead of
Thou" of the grammars originally rose
from desire to compliment the person ad-
dressed by ascribing to him the Importance
of belonging to two or more, and wrote
many tractates in support of their view.
BE this as it may, it is indisputable that
technical correctness was on their side, and
sovereign and newspaper editor are alike
incorrect when they use the imposing "We''
| i'm place of the plebian 81" TO say "thou'
| (prO formal to a man was, it will be remem-
bered, in the reigns of Elizabeth and James
| l, simply to insult him. 81 thou thee, thou
traitor" cried Coke to Raleigh when the
latter was being tried for his life.-London
/ Society.
AS TO WEARING WHIsK KERs.-Two fall
lacies are in vogue regarding the whiskers
question. One is that thin faced man
should support side Whiskers to widen his
face, the other that q round faced fat man
should favor long chin whiskers to lengthen
i his face. Both are adopted on the counter
action and an idiotic principle, butare wrong
as wrong can be. A man with sharp chin
exposed is thin and appears thin in spite OF